Ewell CFC

I went to Euro 88- when we played Holland - Kenny Samson got a marking job on Gullit ( think it might have been Samsons last game for England) I lost count of times that Ruud got the ball in a wide midfield position, and bombed past Samson as though he weren't there. Not a bad sweeper either- a bit like Hoddle with pace

If we have a few sh*t seasons all the plastics/ Thomas Cook supporters will lose interest, and find another club to follow. Relegation to the Championship would allow new grounds to visit, get a bit of passion going amongst our support again- it's funny how the loudest supporters in the Premiership tend to be clubs who've suffered in the past, and have just got promoted. Every cloud has a silver lining!

" Roman Roman give us a twerk...."

Possibly the richest man in the world according to the CIA

A consortium consisting of Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark, and the Medellin Cartel.

I like the sound of China, just don't mention Tinanmen Square for fcuks sake.

Board Meeting...... Roman " These guys on Shedend Forum are making me crazy with their insults. I have decided to, how do you say, take the wind from their sails. Let me introduce first, Comrade Barrettinator. He will take over from that idiot coach Conte. Bruce, please leave the room. Your job has been given to man who really knows his sh*t, Comrade I am gay for Diegod. Marina, you must make way for a real passionate guy, Comrade Atomis- he's ex Red Army and war hero- any motherf**kers not how you say, pulling their weight he shoot in head with AK 47.........

Keegan wore Stylo Matchmaker boots before he moved onto Patrick. I might be wrong but have memories of some sort of controversy, where he was being paid to wear Stylo, but instead wore a rival manufactures boots ( had the trademark motif grafted on so it looked like stylo) Pony were another boot manufacturer who had the odd player here and there donning their stuff, for a brief period around 1980 I recall.

From deliriously happy to suicidal in the time it takes to say Danny Drinkwater.

I don't think I can take much more of this forum. What a joke topic. I'm starting to think that the majority of posters are children.

Good job he didn't bring home welding gauntlets! I used to be in steel erection and worked with many old fellas who worked n the Clyde shipyard then moved down here when they shut. Nearly all Gers fanatics, great Craic, and a few of them funnily enough lived in Fulham which had a bit of a Scottish population.

My sentiments entirely. I go on a when it suits me basis now, and the main attraction as ever is having a beer with my mates and watching a game of football. Its nice to win games and trophys but it's not the be all and end all, and we don't spend our journey home stressing about whether we're gonna win x, y or z. Similar to yourselelf I never expected us encounter the success that we've achieved trophy wise- we have won everything in sight, and each time we re-win a trophy the celebrations seem a little bit less enthusiastic because we've seen it all before. Good point about social media and bragging rights, which don't mean a fcuk to me. I really think that this insatiable desire amongst some fans to keep winning trophys symptomatic of glory hunters, who are in it for reflected achievement. I'd rather see us win than loose, and regarding comparison to fans of Real, Bayern etc who are also expected to keep winning titles IMO they also attract a load of w.....r fans from across the globe who want to align themselves with a successful team. It seems to me that the most indignant/ intolerant of everything from duff transfers to net spend, are of the generation that have only known success, and more often than not I suspect live miles/ continents away from our traditional catchment areas. We are a broad church, but I stand by my comments that a lot of so called fans are spoilt brats Footnote- big exception to this rule being our friends, supporters of Glasgow Rangers.

I'd say my first branded trainers were Adidas Kick. Adidas Ringo came a bit later. Just reminded myself of when we all went to school with Adidas bags. Your mates would write all over them with a marker pen... A - a D - durex I -is D- disposable A- after S - sex Or alternatively.... A - after D - dinner I - i D- did A - a S - sh*t Amazing how things pop into your head 40 years down the road!

That's football. You've got to take the rough with the smooth. The powers that be are under no obligation to compete financially with the Man City's of this world. Our comparitive austerity in transfer dealings has been " a train coming down the track" for many years, ever since it was announced that the club were to become self financing and not rely on a bail out from the owner year on year. Why the big surprise that this is now the case? Wake up call time for the spoilt brats amongst our support, who only decided to follow CFC because we were outspending everyone else and cleaning up.

No disrespect but it appears as if the only reason you support Chelsea is so you can celebrate silverware at the end of the season. Reflected glory?

You make it appear as though we are the only club in the history of football who have not provided the coach with the players/ funds that he wanted. All fans want their clubs to buy the best players, all coaches want the same ( Wenger excluded who spends Arsenals cash like it was his own) Nor are we the first team ever to have spent cash on iffy signings- it's a bit like buying a second hand motor- there's no guarantees. If your unhappy with the board, that also means your unhappy with Roman- they are his lapdogs. Reality check- reigning champs, 3rd in league, in two cups yet there's no pleasing some " fans"

Slaidburn Street. The slummy end of the Kings Rd as it was back then. Those places are worth a pretty penny now.

Agreed. I'd say Roman wanted to buy a football club to raise his profile. In that murky Russian world, it was probably safer to be the billionaire benefactor or Chelsea FC, than a billionaire no one knew- less likely to get bumped off or have your assets seized. I think someone else would have taken over; doubtful we would have been as successful as it turned out under Roman, but trophies aren't everything. Not that you'd think so judging by comments oh here. Winning trophys are their "reason detre". Its like an illness with some posters.

Phroooooar! She's got a lovely pair of ...........arms, on her

Whenever the opposition scored everyone in the West Stand used to stand up- to see if any opposition fans were amongst them. Countless times the odd away fans either got led out or received a clumping. Quite why they were in a home section I don't know- you'd be miles safer with your own fans.

First time I took a bird to Chelsea was in the Cup v Leicester - 97. We were in the West Stand seats, cracking atmosphere- gotta say the forum is named after the most iconic part of the ground, but Gate 13 and the West Stand plus benches were where it was happening from bout 83 on. Back on track, the roof almost came off when Lebouf scored the winning penalty- the sort I was with had a ball. Just after that we had to change the famous Lebouf song, cause he complained in the programme. " He's here, he's there, were not aloud to swear, Frank Lebouf!" Happy days

A point worth making is that the bloke is 3 billion worse off since the onset of the global financial crisis. Compared with the nation state wealth of Man City, he's a comparative financial small fry. How Man Utd can continue spending at this rate is another question

Was in the Shed, hot day I remember; sometimes you just knew that if the result went wrong it was gonna go off. The previous play off game against Charlton rarely gets mentioned, but that was a lively encounter as well.

Somehow I think that the comment you were responding to was meant as a joke- it's not a strongpoint of this forum humour, which Chelsea fans used to be famous for. Judging by the amount of " likes", there's plenty of other lemmings out there- most from far flung corners of the country/ world I suspect, that don't even go to games, who also didn't get the joke. Reminds me of the cringeworthy topic after we triumphed in the league last year. The title was " Thank you Mr Roman Abramovitch" Roman has indeed done the club a great service, but pass the sickbowl on that one

Can't see why the board are to blame. The board were appointed by Roman, are directed by Roman, report to Roman are their actions generally meet with his approval otherwise they'd be down the road. Its his train set, can't see him saying to the board " there you go, do whatever you want, keep me in the loop." It seems to be sacrosanct to criticise the owner. Much easier to blame everything on his appointees.